
At the age of 45, I guess that I've had my fair share of the common cold. However, despite my terrible first winter in Belgium, when Kleenex had a record year for sales in the Benelux countries, I have had one particular virus all year round. The symptoms include; Headache, upset stomach and nausea, wobbly and aching legs. I usually get it on a saturday or sunday morning. It can take three forms, Red or White, and the rarer Rosé and goes by the name of Wine Flu.
Yesterday, I got out of my sick bed for my regular sunday trip to the bakers. As readers will know, I declared a truce to the bread wars which blighted my sundays earlier in the year. There really hasn't been anything of note to report in recent months. All quiet on the bakers front. My order for this week was 2 croissants and a loaf of bread. I had a pocket full of klein geld (small change) and after finding out that croissants were 50c and the bread was €2, I worked out that the cost of my shopping would be €3. Lucky for me I took my calculator along.
So, I ordered my bread and croissants and was told by the shop assistant:
Shop Assistant:- Drie euro, zestig cent
Well, that didn't sound right, but I thought that probably the price list was out of date so I handed over my €3.60 and she gave me €1.40 change!
Huh!?
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